rodelaet
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Hello sketchers,
Last week, my family and I were on vacation in Bischofshofen, Austria. I managed to bring my little Skywatcher along. The weather was great. Three nights were clear! With multiple layers of clothing, I withstood the freezing cold for about 90 minutes each evening. Here is an observation of a portion of the large nebulosity cataloged as IC 1848 and IC 1805 : NGC 896. Sue French described this object as small and bright. I found NGC 896 rather faint in my scope. An UHC filter plus wiggling the scope helped to bring out some detail. Here is the sketch.
Date : December 29, 2007
Time : around 17.30UT
Scope : Skywatcher 102/500
Vixen LV Zoom at 14mm
Power : x36
FOV: 85'
Filter : Lumicon UHC
Seeing : 3/5
Nelm : 5.7
Temp : -6°C
Elevation : 800m ASL
Sketch Orientation : N up, W right.
Digital sketch made with PhotoPaint, based on a raw pencil sketch.
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ngc2289
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Beautiful sketch!!! Yes! Very nice!!!  
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novbabies
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Rony, nice sketch, I shall endeavor to observe this tonight!!
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frank5817
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Rony,
The bright part of IC 1805 really does show up visually.
Excellent capture! 
Frank
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Erix
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Rony, superb rendering and very true to a visual view.
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rolandlinda3
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Very nice visual view as evidenced by your sketch. Great object. Roland
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novbabies
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Rony, I did glimpse NGC 896 as a very faint patch using a DGM NPB filter at 38X (106' TFOV) on 1-1-08 (even in 20+ mph winds with higher gusts and temps in the 30s) - thanks  !
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Demelza
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That's a nice sketch, Rony! Hope you had a nice vacation!
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CarlosEH
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Rony,
An excellent observation of this dim nebula in Cassiopeia. From my research this nebula represents the brightest portion of IC 1795 which is attached to IC 1805 ("Heart Nebula") and IC 1848 ("Soul Nebula") nearby. I will have to hunt down this elusive nebula. Thank you for sharing it with us all.
Links;
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/nebulae/ic1805.html
http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/ic1805abtp.shtml
http://www.photonhunter.com/nebulae/NGC896,Ha.html
http://www.noao.edu/outreach/aop/observers/n896.html
Carlos
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Rogerio
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Rony, I really liked this sketch! 
I don't know this object, but i can feel how faint It is. Nice sketch!
Rogerio
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nice one Rony, it looks like a "6" on it's side on my screen 
please also give mars a try when you're able
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rodelaet
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Thank you all!!
Mark, I'm glad that you had the opportunity to go after NGC 896  . The whole 'Heart & Soul' region does offer some surprising views for the patient observer. I was fortunate to be able to sketch IC 1848 and (a part of) IC 1805 as well. I hope to finish my sketches soon.
Clear skies!
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Rony, such a subtle visual beauty can only be summed by the eye and hand of Masters! Superb!
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What can be said about that sketch Rony...ecept for: Most Excellent!!
Very realistic!!
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rodelaet
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Rich and Wade, Thank you very much!
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